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in Vanhercke B., Ghailani D. and Spasova S. with Pochet P. (eds.), Social policy in the European Union 1999-2019: the long and winding road, Brussels, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and European Social Observatory (OSE), pp 99-123.
Bart Vanhercke has been appointed as Visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges campus), a postgraduate institute of European studies. During this academic year, he will be teaching a course on ‘The Social Dimension of European Integration’ to an interdisciplinary group of students from across Europe. The course addresses the interaction between EU economic and social policies as well as the variety of EU social policy instruments. It will ultimately ask this question: is the ‘European social model’ a reality or an elusive concept?
This research project culminated in the 20th edition of Social policy in the EU: state of play. This anniversary edition looks back at the main developments in EU social policymaking over the past two decades.
The OSE was awarded a contract to facilitate the work of the ad hoc Group of the Social Protection Committee (SPC) on the adaptation of the Social OMC to the Europe 2020 Strategy. In this context, the OSE has written several contributions which identify the main issues at stake, suggest questions for debate and provide a draft of the Discussion Paper that the ad hoc Group is presenting to the SPC. The deliverables also served as a basis for the SPC Opinion on “Reinvigorating the Social OMC in the Context of the Europe 2020 Strategy”.
The OSE was awarded a contract to facilitate the work of the ad hoc Group of the Social Protection Committee (SPC) on the adaptation of the Social OMC to the Europe 2020 Strategy. In this context, the OSE has written several contributions which identify the main issues at stake, suggest questions for debate and provide a draft of the Discussion Paper that the ad hoc Group is presenting to the SPC. The deliverables also served as a basis for the SPC Opinion on “Reinvigorating the Social OMC in the Context of the Europe 2020 Strategy”.
The European Social Observatory (OSE) coordinates a new research on the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy. In order to prepare for the Belgian Presidency of the EUin 2010, the Belgian Social Affairs Cabinet asked the OSE and the Center for Sociological research (CeSO) of the KULeuven to focus on two questions. First, to what extent did the Lisbon Strategy succeed in ‘balancing’ the three objectives of job creation, growth and social progress?
The European Social Observatory (OSE) coordinates a new research on the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy. In order to prepare for the Belgian Presidency of the EUin 2010, the Belgian Social Affairs Cabinet asked the OSE and the Center for Sociological research (CeSO) of the KULeuven to focus on two questions. First, to what extent did the Lisbon Strategy succeed in ‘balancing’ the three objectives of job creation, growth and social progress?
The OSE and ETUI have the pleasure of inviting you to a presentation-debate for the launch of the 20th edition of ‘Social policy in the European Union’.